SALT LAKE CITY — Good luck trying to find someone that believes the Utah Jazz didn’t intentionally lose to the Dallas Mavericks on Monday.
Donovan Mitchell did not play on Monday and the Jazz sat all of their starters in the second half of the game. Then, when Georges Niang was playing a great game, he was taken out, and the Jazz blew a 22-point lead against the Mavericks who didn’t have their two best players, Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis.
You won’t hear Jazz coach Quin Snyder or any of the players admit to tanking for playoff position, and you won’t hear them say that they’re trying to avoid facing the Houston Rockets in the playoffs, but from where I (and just about everyone else) stand, that’s what’s happening.